ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,558, issued on July 15, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Topical skincare compositions comprising Centella asiatica" was invented by Janette Marie Villalobos (Miami Springs, Fla.), Jonathan Javier Calderas (Cincinnati), Leo Timothy Laughlin II (Mason, Ohio) and Teresa Dicolandrea (Wyoming, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a topical skincare composition comprising a Centella asiatica extract in combination with a Vincetoxicum officinale extract and/or a Populas alba extract. The present disclosure further relates to methods of treating symptoms of itch, redness, flaking, dryn...